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With Windows 365, Microsoft realizes its vision for Cloud PCs, streaming its OS to any device

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company’s Inspire virtual partner conference. Microsoft will release Windows as a paid cloud service , promising to stream the operating system to any device in an attempt to create what the tech giant describes as a new category of computing called the Cloud PC. Microsoft Image).

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How Big is the Hosted Desktop (DaaS) Market - Part 1

Fountainhead

Originally published on Citrix Blogs Without question, “How big is the hosted desktop market” is the top inquiry I get from our Citrix Service Provider ( CSP ) partners. And frequently they are going to their board (and sometimes to external investors) for funding to chase the high-margin, high-value hosted desktop market.

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Trip down Microsoft memory lane leads to Clippy and more nostalgic images as Teams backgrounds

GeekWire

” The background designs include Clippy , above, which Microsoft calls “the true OG virtual assistant” who was just a bit ahead of his time, “too eager, too polite.” The desktop image still inspires Microsoft fans to seek out the real life location.

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Rainway’s Andrew Sampson on powering xCloud, challenging Google, and reimagining desktop apps

GeekWire

At the same time, Rainway is also pivoting away from video games, toward a virtualized app platform that will allow subscribers to run powerful applications remotely via a standard web browser. That puts Rainway up against Google ( again ), with its suite of web-based apps. . — Andrew Sampson (@Andrewmd5) April 19, 2021.

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Adobe Reader, Edge, Safari, and Ubuntu fall during first day at Pwn2Own

Network World

During the first day, they successfully demonstrated exploits against Microsoft Edge, Apple's Safari, Adobe Reader, and Ubuntu Desktop. Bug hunters have gathered again to test their skills against some of the most popular and mature software programs during the Pwn2Own hacking contest.

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The race heats up between Facebook and Apple to create the next big thing after smartphones

Trends in the Living Networks

After the TV and desktop came the laptop and tablet and then the smartphone. More recently I have noted: I believe it is absolutely inevitable that we will have truly immersive virtual reality experiences and widespread adoption of AR glasses, initially by those who already wear glasses.

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Our biggest burning question about Apple’s ARM silicon

The Verge

For years, Apple has steadily revealed how the ARM-based chips in its mobile phones were catching up in performance to the beefier silicon you’d find inside a laptop or desktop — in 2018, the company claimed its new iPad Pro was faster than 92 percent of portable PCs. Three streams of simultaneous 4K Pro Res video in Final Cut Pro.

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